Exp difference between LTL and OTR

Hi All,

Just curious, is there any real difference bewteen getting your trucking experience in either OTR or LTL? I know that the backing and city driving I've done so far with LTL probably outweighs what I would have experienced thus far with OTR. But is there any experience that OTR offers that you can't get with LTL?? I mean, aside from the crappy truckstop food and mingling with the occasional lot lizard?

 

I'm working under short haul exemption right now. Although, with the hours I've been putting in I'll probably be on e-logs soon.

As far as trucking experience goes, are LTL and OTR pretty much the same?

 

No friggin way! All these tight turns, driving in traffic, backing up in jacked up spots, all this hustle n bustle, and an OTR company would want me to go through their training?! Ridiculous!

 

Wow. So it's not really about the experience, but about them making extra coin of of your labor by still referring to the driver as having 'no experience'. Thats messed up.

I only ask this because I still might like to go OTR at some point dowm the road and I'm curious if I'd be able to hit the ground running right away with a company or if they'd look at me as a rookie still.

 

Thanks, CT. An acquaintance of mine actually referred me to FFE. I wonder how their pay is.